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Kim Yates

@kimberleyyates

Knitter, cat-friend, lover of stuff. White cis-het settler; interested in everything. PhD English (medieval drama) MISt (rare books/special collections) Associate Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto - @JHIevents.bluesky.social

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ANALYSIS: No, Donald Trump can't have the Gordie Howe Bridge | TVO Today The U.S. doesn’t get to steal critical infrastructure because the president’s poll numbers are in the sewer.

New from me at TVO: Okay, I had to write about the bridge thing. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

10.02.2026 17:57 👍 78 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 5

St Mike’s is chugging along with remarkable speed this morning. I hope your visit goes well.

29.01.2026 15:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A grey triangle of knitted fabric is suspended from a red wire against an ivory background. This is the beginning of the Mount Juliet shawl by @curioushandmade. The yarn is a shetland/mohair mix paired with a silk/mohair.

A grey triangle of knitted fabric is suspended from a red wire against an ivory background. This is the beginning of the Mount Juliet shawl by @curioushandmade. The yarn is a shetland/mohair mix paired with a silk/mohair.

Cold icy rain simply pounding our windows all day and all night means a new knitting project is required.

29.12.2025 01:36 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am having a difficult day for reasons too complex to enumerate here. 🤬

23.12.2025 18:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man with blue paint on his face is screaming in a field with the words freedoooom !!! written below him . Alt: Mel Gibson, blue paint on his face is screaming in a field with the words freedoooom !!! written below him.
22.12.2025 19:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

20.12.2025 12:38 👍 1944 🔁 669 💬 36 📌 43
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a woman says let 's face it i 'm tired while sitting in front of a bed Alt: Madeleine Khan sings “let 's face it I’m tired!” in Blazing Saddles

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

20.12.2025 14:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m going with the year rather than the month because the month is forgettable.

20.12.2025 14:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Countdown Timer | Event Countdown Clock Free online countdown timer tracks days, hours, minutes and seconds to any event. Create accurate, custom countdowns for birthdays, holidays, retirement, or special moments.

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18.12.2025 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh, is this ever familiar! Hugs, this too shall pass.

18.12.2025 15:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Got Whammed. Fair and square, the original George Michael and all. In Rexall. Beware.

16.12.2025 20:20 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Aw, end of an era. Condolences

12.12.2025 11:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everything is political.

11.12.2025 13:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Whose database will absorb all that information? Which AI will analyse it, searching for signs of what?

10.12.2025 21:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everything is political

10.12.2025 13:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yay!

10.12.2025 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I presume with pricing to scale? Oh no?

08.12.2025 23:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I had three bouts. The first was the worst. Terrible experience, stay hydrated.

08.12.2025 11:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Missed their spot outside Massey Hall. Must be the opener.

08.12.2025 11:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aw that sucks. I hope it will be a quick one and a complete recovery.

06.12.2025 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yikes no one deserves that in a pedagogical relationship. Glad you are well-supported by your institution, hope she works out her yayas elsewhere.

04.12.2025 20:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It took 70 minutes but I did speak with a human who assured me that Purolator’s hours of delivery are 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. I explained that it is functionally impossible for me to connect with a midnight delivery. He apologized. I expect that he does that a lot. #okcomputer

04.12.2025 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mmm. Wildlife videos voiced by “David Attenborough” about the elusive Scottish Haggis. #guilty

04.12.2025 11:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Getting real tired of being “represented” without being asked.

04.12.2025 11:48 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey @purolator.bsky.social why are you attempting to deliver at 11.51 pm? Of course you can’t come into my building. #stupidrobot

04.12.2025 05:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Get well soon!

04.12.2025 02:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Two black kittens at about six months. Jack (front) and Ollie (rear) peer out at the camera with big green eyes.

Two black kittens at about six months. Jack (front) and Ollie (rear) peer out at the camera with big green eyes.

Our lockdown was not a quiet time. Living in downtown Toronto with an insane condo market played out as four simultaneous demolition/construction projects on our block. The one charming bit was our adoption of a pair of kittens, Jack and Ollie.

30.11.2025 13:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don’t know who needs to hear this. Maybe me.
It doesn’t matter how much you spend on Christmas gifts. Or even if. What matters is that you are there.

30.11.2025 02:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thursday won

27.11.2025 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a blue jays baseball player is running on the field with his arms in the air Alt: George Springer hits the game-winner 3-run homer in Game Six, ALCS2025.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

26.11.2025 01:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0